For starters we had Fatayer Jebenne (£5.99), a combination of feta cheese, haloumi, mozzarella and mint on top of freshly made pastry and Marina (£5.99) which is Lebanese bread filled with minced meat, onions, garlic, tomatoes and crushed chilli peppers.

The Marina comes with a garlic dip that’s so light it’s not far off a foam yet is full-on garlic flavour, while the meat does have a chilli kick to it. The bread is certainly light but not as light as the Fatayer which is a cheese lovers dream and the pomegranate sprinkled over gave it an irresistible appeal.

Mains were Chicken Shawerma (£12.99), spice marinated chicken cooked on a vertical spit served with salad and rice; Mashawi Mix (£13.99), a mix of shish tawouk (diced chicken with garlic and lemons), shekaf (grilled lamb with parsley) and kebab with potato slices and a third dish which was Maqloobe (£12.99) lightly fried eggplants cooked with chicken breast and rice and topped with nuts.

The Shawerma is finely chopped chicken served with rice that was both fragrant and delicate ... it gave rice a new dimension we’d not tasted before.

The Mashawi Mix is for meat lovers with both the marinated chicken and lamb so tender yet so distinctly flavoured. It’s all about layers of flavour with this kind of food - it’s out to caress the tastebuds, not pummel them into submission.

The Maqloobe is an upside down dish and shows that eggplant - that’s aubergine to you and me - should be used far more in cooking. Again, the rice was a delight.

For deserts we had Swar El Sit (£4.99), baked filo dough bracelet stuffed with nuts and pistachios and sprinkled with syrup and Halawet El Beyt (£4.99), homemade whipped cream on a base of coffee soaked biscuits topped with pistachios.

Both as sweet as they sound but far from heavy. The filo oozed the syrup out with each bite while you could taste the coffee in the Halawet El Beyt and the cream was whipped to just the right side of thickness.

Authentic music played all night and you can’t help but get into the atmosphere of the place.

Service was warm, welcoming and very friendly.

As I said, the Holme Valley is a great place to be if you love your food.